Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in Go…

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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. ✨ Samuel Butler (1951). Notebooks
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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. ✨ Samuel Butler (1951). Notebooks

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